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Las vegas restaurants3/30/2023 The Venetian Resort Las Vegas/KeyLimePhoto The seafood at Estiatorio Milos is mind blowing - this is grilled Loup de Mer. I toured the English Hotel (which is part of Marriott’s funky, indie Tribute portfolio brand - and notably one of the very few places in Las Vegas where you can use Bonvoy points, the world’s largest hotel frequent stay program), and it is very cool and has an excellent restaurant that has quickly become a local favorite, The Pepper Club by Todd English. His once burgeoning restaurant empire, which even reached the high seas on cruise ships, shrank considerably, but after some lean times out of the spotlight, he is currently staging a culinary revival and even has a new namesake boutique hotel in the Arts District near Old Downton Las Vegas. James Beard Rising Chef, James Beard Best Chef and Bon Appetit Restaurateur of the Year winner Todd English was the man behind the beloved modern Mediterranean classic, and I was at the Bellagio grand opening, got to know English a little bit, and always loved his cooking. Ironically, the prime “lakefront” location Spago now enjoys was previously Olives, the only notable Boston import in Las Vegas, one of the core celebrity-chef restaurants that debuted with the 1998 opening of the Bellagio, the first Las Vegas mega-resort to be built around food from the ground up. Puck himself currently has four other Vegas eateries in addition to Spago, and several others that have come and gone in the three decades in between. Puck’s instincts were right, and the pundits were wrong, and his smash hit kickstarted a tidal wave of famous restaurants and famous chef satellites in Sin City: Le Cirque, Olives, Rao’s, Carbone, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Emeril Lagasse, Thomas Keller, Michael Mina, Michael Symon, Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Flay, Nobu Matsuhisa, and a bevy of 3-Michelin Star French superstars like Joel Robuchon, Alain Ducasse, Guy Savoy and Pierre Gagnaire. In 1992, despite the pundits’ belief that “nobody goes to Vegas to eat,” he opened the second branch of his game changing Los Angeles restaurant, Spago, on the Las Vegas Strip in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. It was 30 years ago when Wolfgang Puck, generally credited as being the first “celebrity chef,” changed dining history in this country. but the standout Greek restaurant moved from the Cosmopolitan to the Venetian. Pair the courses with a glass of Champagne.The "Fish Market" at Estiatorio Milos is the backbone of one of the world's best seafood programs. For dessert, be sure to order the Instagram-famous Spiked Lemon, a chiffon cake with yuzu cream, yellow-tinted white chocolate, and gold-flecked spikes. The star of the Spago show is definitely the rolled French omelette stuffed with crab. I recommend showing up before popular meal times and asking the host if an outdoor table is available. The restaurant has a large terrace overlooking the hotel's fountains in the foreground and the Strip in the background, but seats on the terrace aren't guaranteed. After all, Spago's brunch might just be your most memorable meal in Vegas. So, be sure to make your reservations a few weeks in advance. It's never easy to get a table at any Spago, and this one is no exception. The restaurant has been going strong ever since. Wolfgang Puck opened his first Spago location in West Hollywood in 1982 and has since expanded around the world. The best brunch in Las Vegas is definitely at Spago in the Bellagio Resort & Hotel. The patio at Spago has a direct view of the Bellagio fountains.
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